An archaeologist sifts through Pleistocene loess (fine-grained, wind blown, top soil) for Paleo-Indian material at the site of an ancient Indian village on Hatwai Creek near Lewiston, Idaho. Over 900 artifacts, thousands of flakes, bones and other...

Field director Ken Ames, state highway archaeologist and visiting professor of archaeology at Boise State, supervises archaeology students at the Hatwai site, near Lewiston, Idaho, excavating an ancient Indian village. The excavation crew works...

Aerial photograph of an ancient Indian village site on Hatwai Creek near Lewiston, Idaho. The excavation was supervised by Ken Ames, state highway archaeologist and visiting professor of archaeology at Boise State, who directed the work of students...